hen tracks
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of hen tracks
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
Example Sentences
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At the first rehearsal of Goldman's own band, the players found their parts a mass of hen tracks in red ink, detailed instructions for phrasing, etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
I wrote it down in the "hen tracks" of short-hand which are now difficult to decipher.
From The Key to Success by Russell H. Conwell
Robert Lane said this morning they looked like hen tracks.
From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Amanda Minnie Douglas
"By jigger, now, I wonder what those hen tracks mean?" he uttered musingly.
From The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Elliott
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